Machine for making ornamental looped cord



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MACHINE FOR MAKING ORNAME'NTAL LOOPEDCORD.

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A. URBAHN. MACHINE POB. MAKING ORNAMENTAL LOOPED CORD, 10.266,928.

Patented Oct. 31, 1882'.

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PATENT OEEICE.

ALWILL URBAHN, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ABRAHAMGr.l JENNINGS,

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR MAKING ORNAMENTAL LOOPD CORD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 266,928, dated October31, 1882.

Application tiled February 3, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALWILL URBAHN, of Faterson, in the county of Passaicand State of New Jersey, have invented an Improved Machinefor MakingOrnamental Looped Oord, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a side view of my improved machineformakingornamentalloopedcord. Fig. 2 is a plan View, partly in section, of the same. Fig. 3 is avertical cross-section on the line c c, Fig. 4. (Figs. 1, 2, and 3 aredrawn on the same scale.) Fig. 4 is avertical longitudinal centralsection of the main portion of the machine, showing the parts of saidportion on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section throughtheinner portion of the tube for guiding the core-threads, this figurebeing on a still larger scale than Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a longitudinalcentral section, showing the core-spreading pin and some of the part-simmediately adjoining thereto on a still larger scale.

This invention relates to a new machine for making an ornamental loopedcord with straight core and looped covering of the kind described inanother application ilcd by me at the same time with this an'd bearingSerial No. 51,804. Said ornamental looped cord as there describedconsists ot' an interior core ot' common cotton or other threads, anenveloping thread, of silk or other costly fabric, loosely wound aroundsaid core, and another thread Wound tightly around the core and vpartlyaround the silk envelope to hold the latter in place.

The improved machine belongs to the class known as chenille-machines,77but differs from suoli machines as were heretofore used in theparticulars hereinafter specified, by which it is enabled to leave thecore-threads straight, and to loop one set of threads loosely aroundthem, and then tie the same to the core by a spirally-woundbinding-thread.

The invention consists in combining coresupplying means with areceiving-tube, and with a spreading center therein, which is so placedwith reference to the enveloping silksupplying spool that the said silkwill be wound around the core, while the latter embraces the centralobstruction that protrudes from said tube, and in further combining saidparts with the spool or spools that apply the binding- (No model.)

thread, which spools are so placed with reference to the centralobstruction that they apply, the binding-thread to the core-threadsafter they have entirely or almost wholly left said obstruction, so thatthus the binding-thread will tightly draw the core-threads together andfasten the silk threads thereto without in the least interfering withthe looseness and puffy character of the silk yarn that has previouslybeen applied to the core.

rlhe invention also consists in other details of improvement, thatarehereinafter more fully described.

ln the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents a table or frame,to which the frame B of my improved machine is hinged or otherwisefastened at d. The frame B carries in its lower part a shaft, O, thatcarries a drivingpulley, e. This driving-pulley rests, under the weightof the frame B when said frame B is hinged to the table A,on adriving-belt, D, that is placed around pulleys in the usual manner,

vand when this belt D is moved it will of course revolve the pulley e,and thus impart motion to all parts of the machine. ing hinged at d,rests with its whole weight on the belt D, and thus insures the propertransmission of power from said belt to the pulley c.

Vhenever the action of the machine is to be arrested the operator has'only to swing the frame B back on its hinge d, oli' the belt D,

whereupon all operation will be arrested in the parts carried by theframe B. This arrangement of the hinged frame, with its'actuatingpulleyresting on a long belt, is advantageous where a series of machineshaving the construction indicated, or analogous construction, are to beused in rows. All ot' the machines can be driven by one belt, and anyoneof said machines can be instantly thrown out of action by simplyswingiugit back on its hinge. When the frame B is not hinged to the 'table A,but rigidly fastened thereto, the same result can be obtained by liftingthe belt by a tighteningpulley against the pulley or pulleys c of one ormore such machines. The pulley c drives by another belt, f, anotherpulley, g, which turns around a tube, h, that is fixed in the frame ofthe machine, as more clearly indicated in Fig. 4. Another tube, t', isvfixed in the frame of the machine in line with the tube h,

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and the two tubes above mentioned are near to I each other, `as showninFig. 4, but are nevertheless out of contact. Around the tube i is placeda revolving pulley, j, which, by a belt, k, connects with a smallerpulley, l, that is attached to the pulley c. t

It will be seen that the belt fin Fig. l is shown crossed and the beltkopen, and it follows that the pulley g is revolved in opposite 1odirection to the pulley j, which is a preferable arrangement. Moreover,it will be noticed that the belt f, by passing around a larger pulley onthe shaft C than does the belt 7c, is moved faster, so that thus thepulley g is moved faster n than said pulley j,

Behind the tube h is supported on the frame B a platform, m, carrying aseries of posts or spindles, E. These spindles E, of which four areshown in Fig. 2, (but any greater or less 2c number may be used intheirstead,) are receptacles of spools E' of common thread-such as coarsecotton thread. The threads a, that are unwound from the spools E' onspindles E, are passed into and through the tube h, which at or near itsinner end is partly closed by a notched or perforated disk, n, thenotches or perforations of which are equidistant from each other, andpreferably circumferential thereon, and through these notches orapertures the several threads a pass, in or before issuing from theinner end ot' the tube h. Thus by means of this notched or perforateddisk, or equivalent guides in the tube h, the threads a, as they issuefrom said tube, are held more or 3 5 less apart from each other; butsaid notched or perforated disk may be omitted in many cases.

The pulley g carries a frame, F, in which are hung one, two, or morespools, G, that contain 4o the silk thread or yarn which is to be woundaround the core-threads a. This silk thread or yarn 11 is wound aroundthe core-threads a. In front of the inner end of the tube h, and at theplace where this silk thread or enveloping yarn is wound around saidcorethreads, there is within the latter a wire obstruction or rod, H,which rod I prefer to pass through the ene tire length of the tube h andfasten, near the 'outer endof said tube, to the framing B, as 5eindicated in Fig. 2. This wire H, as more clearly showninFig.6,holdsthethreadsaapart after they have left the tube 7L, andprevents them from closing together while being surrounded bytheenveloping thread or threads b. Afterthethread b has been woundontothecore,

the latter, on its forward motion, (it being necessary here to statethat d'uring the entire operation the core-threads and all the cord asit is being made is moved forward in the direc- 6o tion of the arrowshown in Fig. 4,) passes preferably through a wire loop, l, which isfastened to suitable bars connected with the frame B, and then on theother side of said wire loop I receives the binding thread or threads c.This binding-thread is taken from a spool or spools, J, that hang on aframe, L, which is connected with the pulley j. It follows that the saidweight can become effective.

the binding-thread o is wound -in the opposite direction around the coreto that in which the thread' b is wound, although it need notnecessarily be so wound.` rThe thread c should be Wound around thefabric very tightly. Where itis applied the obstructing wire Hisnolonger within the core-threads a, or if it is yet within them at thatplace it is tapered down to such a fine point as to allow the thread ctocontract the core-threads to an extent greater than that at the point atwhich the silk thread b is applied.

In order to insure the tight binding of the thread c, I prefer to applya frictional spring,

nx, against the spool J, as indicated in Figs.

3 ande; or any other tension appliance may be used to the same purpose.The idle-spool J shown in -the drawings requires no frictionspring. Theornamental looped cord, being now completed, is fed forward, passedaround a friction-roller, o, thence up around a drawing-roller, 19,which is on a shaft, M, that is driven by a belt either directly fromthe shaft C or from a shaft gearing into the shaft C, as clearly shownin Fig. l,thence`around another friction-roller, r, and up to thereceiving-spool N, which spool N receives motion'by a'belt, s, from theshaft M.

In order to properly deposit the looped cord upon the spool N, I havesuspended from the framing B, by a swivel or other exible joint, a rod,O, having a loop, t, through which loop the cord is passed. The rod O,by its weight, leans against the side of the spool N, and as said spoolis revolved the rod O will be gradually tilted and moved from afreshly-wound part of the spool to apart less fully covered, and willthus assist in applying the nished cord in regular and contiguousspirals around the spool N.

In the drawings is also shown a weight, P, which is connected by a cordwith the upper part of the hinged frame B, and helps to pull the sameoff the belt D as soon as an impetus is given the frame B in thedirection in which The counter-weight also reduces the strain on thebelt while the machine is in operation.

t is clear that the spoolsG and J, when the machine is in operation, arerevolved around their own axes, and also around the l corethreads.

I claim- .1. The combination of the frame B, carrying the windingmechanism, substantially as specified, with its driving-shaft C, havingdriving-pulley e, the hinge d, supporting the frame A and belt D, saidbelt serving to partly support the frame B and to revolve the shaft C,substantially as specified. Y

2. TheframevA, hingedframeB,and driving- IOCI shaft C, combined withpulley e, driving-belt D, and with the counter-weight P, connected tothe frame B, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the core-supplying device E with the tube h,tapering core-spreading pin H within said tube, adapted to spread thecore-threads, means adapted to carry and wind enveloping threads aroundthe core While spread by said pin, and means adapted to carry and Windbinding-threads around the straight core, and around said envelopingthreads beyond4 the thickest portion of said spreading-pin,substantially as herein shown and described.

4, 'lhe tube h., having the notched or perforated disk n, in combinationwith the tapering core-spreadin g pin H, spindles E, means adapted forcarrying spools containing enveloping and binding threads, andmechanismfor revolving said spools contaivning the enveloping and binding threadsaround the straight core, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. rIhe combination of' means adapted for carrying a spool or spools forsupplying the core-threads'with means adapted for carrying a spool orspools containing an enveloping thread, means for carrying a spool or`spools containing a. binding-thread, means for revolving said spoolsthat carry the enveloping thread in one direction around the core, andsaid spool or spools containing the bindingthread in the oppositedirection, but `with less speed than the enveloping-thread around thecore, and means for holding the core taut and for in line, but not incontact with each other, with A the intervening loop, I, inner Wire, H,and with means adapted for carrying two sets of spools, and withmechanism, substantially such as described, for revolvingsaid spools,substantially as specified.

7. The means adapted for supporting and revolvin g the spool carryingthe binding-threads, and means for supporting and revolving the spool orspools carrying the enveloping thread, substantially as described,combined with means for spreading and supplying the corethreads, and thetension device n", applied only to the spool that carries thebindingthreads, toinsurethetight bindingofthethread that is dischargedfrom said spool, and the loose coiling of the enveloping thread,substantially as set forth.

This specification signed by me this 7th day of December, 1881.

ALILL URBAHN.

Witnesses: e

WILLY G. E. SCHULTZ, J ULIUs HLSEN, J r.

